why does god let evil things happen

I ve been asked hundreds of times why God allows evil to take place, and I have to tell you honestly that I do not know the answer not fully. The Bible talks about the mystery of iniquity (2 Thessalonians 2:7, KJV) and that s what evil is: a mystery. But let me tell you three very important truths about evil that might help you. First, the Bible tells us that evil does not come from God, nor can we blame God for all the evils in the world. Evil comes instead from Satan, and it entered this world when Satan deceived Adam and Eve and caused them to turn against God. Both evil and Satan are real, and the two go hand-in-hand. Second, the Bible tells us that someday all evil will be banished. The vast spiritual conflict between Satan and God that has raged from the beginning of time will be over, and God will be triumphant. Someday all evil will be cast into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41, KJV).

Third, the Bible tells us that in the meantime, God can give us victory over evil. This doesn t mean bad things will never happen to us but even when they do, we can know God is with us, and He will give us strength to stand against them. Isn t it better to face life s problems with God rather than without Him? No, we may not understand everything that happens to us but when we know Christ, we know we are on the winning side. Why not commit your life to Him today?None of this is to say that God gives evil a free pass. My dad, a rapist and an abuser, is around 60 years old now. Within about 40 years he will meet God face to face. Every evil on this earth is punished within about 100 years, whether or not our earthly courts ever know it has even occurred. БWhy does God let evil things happen? Б This is a question IБve been asked, and have asked myself, so often.

I have come to find that it is because God is good. That probably sounds ironic and strange, but let me explain. Think about your genealogy, and all the thousands and millions of people that lead up to you. You and I are the progeny of wicked people; murderers, rapists, warlords, thieves, slavers, and betrayers. Had God immediately struck those people dead for their sins,б you and I would not exist. Before my dad ever fathered me, he was already a rapist and an abuser. Had my motherБs mother not been a violent abuser and her father deadbeat, she would never have been able to love my dad, being what he was. б I would never have existed. б You wouldnБt be reading this right now. Nevertheless, before the foundations of the earth were laid, God loved us. He knew that great evil would have to be temporarily tolerated so that we could come into being.

He is not unlike a woman who knows she must endure the agony of pregnancy and labor before holding her baby. БFor he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will. Б Бб None of this is to say that God gives evil a free pass. My dad, a rapist and an abuser, is around 60 years old now. Within about 40 years he will meet God face to face. Every evil on this earth is punished within about 100 years, whether or not our earthly courts ever know it has even occurred. Those ancestors of ours who were evil didnБt escape justice. Name any unsolved case or uncaught killer Б Jack the Ripper, to name a famous one Б is in Hell right now. God sees everything. There is no sin, no matter how small or how secret, that escapes his notice.